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From the books  ...  Alcoholics Anonymous (Big Book) and Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions (12 & 12)

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SEEN   occurs   38 times 19 in BB  •  19 in 12&12 Definition in Merriam-Webster Online
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1.
  ... seen?  12&12 Foreword, p.16
Why is it, they ask, that in A.A. no member can be set in personal authority over another, that nothing like a central government can anywhere be seen?


2.
  ... seen a great deal of business life, ...  BB To Employers, p.149
We, who have collectively seen a great deal of business life, at least from the alcoholic angle, had to smile at this gentleman's sincere opinion.


3.
  ... seen a person fail who has thoroughly ...  BB How It Works, p.58
Rarely have we seen a person fail who has thoroughly followed our path.


4.
  ... seen A.A.'s ask with much earnestness and ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.103
We have seen A.A.'s ask with much earnestness and faith for God's explicit guidance on matters ranging all the way from a shattering domestic or financial crisis to correcting a minor personal fault, like tardiness.


5.
  ... seen A.A.'s suffer lingering and fatal illness ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
We have seen A.A.'s suffer lingering and fatal illness with little complaint, and often in good cheer.


6.
  ... seen as a case of misdirected instinct.  12&12 Step Four, p.42
Nearly every serious emotional problem can be seen as a case of misdirected instinct.


7.
  ... seen between professionalism and nonprofessionalism.  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.167
At last, however, a plain line of cleavage could be seen between professionalism and nonprofessionalism.


8.
  ... seen but two struggling, nameless groups of ...  12&12 Tradition Three, p.141
In that time nothing could be seen but two struggling, nameless groups of alcoholics trying to hold their faces up to the light.


9.
  ... seen by the recipient of your confidence ...  12&12 Step Five, p.61
When your mission is carefully explained, and it is seen by the recipient of your confidence how helpful he can really be, the conversation will start easily and will soon become eager.


10.
  ... seen families broken apart by misunderstanding, tensions, ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.114
We have sometimes seen families broken apart by misunderstanding, tensions, or actual infidelity, who are reunited by the A.A. way of life.


11.
  ... seen hotly assailed because they were, as ...  12&12 Tradition Eight, p.167
Caretakers who swept floors, cooks who fried hamburgers, secretaries in offices, authors writing books -- all these we have seen hotly assailed because they were, as their critics angrily remarked, "making money out of A.A."


12.
  ... seen hundreds of families set their feet ...  BB Bill's Story, p.15
I have seen hundreds of families set their feet in the path that really goes somewhere; have seen the most impossible domestic situations righted; feuds and bitterness of all sorts wiped out.


13.
  ... seen in Europe and since, the power ...  BB Bill's Story, p.11
Judging from what I had seen in Europe and since, the power of God in human affairs was negligible, the Brotherhood of Man a grim jest.


14.
  ... seen in its full implication, it is ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.106
When the Twelfth Step is seen in its full implication, it is really talking about the kind of love that has no price tag on it.


15.
  ... seen in their so-called "short form" the ...  BB Appendix I, The A.A. Tradition, p.561
On the next page, A.A.'s "12 Traditions" are seen in their so-called "short form" the form in general use today.


16.
  Seen in this light, Step Six is ...  12&12 Step Six, p.68
Seen in this light, Step Six is still difficult, but not at all impossible.


17.
  ... seen in Tradition Three, was simplicity itself.  12&12 Tradition Three, p.141
The answer, now seen in Tradition Three, was simplicity itself.


18.
  ... seen it and wishes to discuss it.  BB Working With Others, p.92
Don't, at this stage, refer to this book, unless he has seen it and wishes to discuss it.


19.
  ... seen later as stepping-stones to better things.  12&12 Step Twelve, p.111
These will appear as big setbacks at the time, but will be seen later as stepping-stones to better things.


20.
  ... seen means anything at all, it means ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.28
If what we have learned and felt and seen means anything at all, it means that all of us, whatever our race, creed, or color are the children of a living Creator with whom we may form a relationship upon simple and understandable terms as soon as we are willing and honest enough to try.


21.
  ... seen men and women who go power-mad, ...  12&12 Step Four, p.43
We have also seen men and women who go power-mad, who devote themselves to attempting to rule their fellows.


22.
  ... seen men come out of asylums and ...  BB Bill's Story, p.15
I have seen men come out of asylums and resume a vital place in the lives of their families and communities.


23.
  ... seen men get well whose families have ...  BB Working With Others, p.100
We have seen men get well whose families have not returned at all.


24.
  ... seen millions die in political and economic ...  12&12 Tradition Ten, p.176
In our own times, we have seen millions die in political and economic wars often spurred by religious and racial difference.


25.
  ... seen miracles, and one was to come ...  BB A Vision For You, p.161
They had seen miracles, and one was to come to them.


26.
  ... seen one single case recover, where that ...  BB There Is A Solution, p.27
The doctor said: "You have the mind of a chronic alcoholic. I have never seen one single case recover, where that state of mind existed to the extent that it does in you."


27.
  ... seen others slip when the family came ...  BB Working With Others, p.100
We have seen others slip when the family came back too soon.


28.
  ... seen remarkable transformations in our bodies.  BB The Family Afterward, p.133
But we have seen remarkable transformations in our bodies.


29.
  ... seen, self-searching is the means by which ...  12&12 Step Eleven, p.98
As we have seen, self-searching is the means by which we bring new vision, action, and grace to bear upon the dark and negative side of our natures.


30.
  ... seen spiritual release, but liked to tell ...  BB We Agnostics, p.55
We had seen spiritual release, but liked to tell ourselves it wasn't true.


31.
  ... seen tangible results, the family will perhaps ...  BB Working With Others, p.99
After they have seen tangible results, the family will perhaps want to go along.


32.
  ... seen that character defects based upon shortsighted ...  12&12 Step Seven, p.76
We have seen that character defects based upon shortsighted or unworthy desires are the obstacles that block our path toward these objectives.


33.
  ... seen that we were prodded by unreasonable ...  12&12 Step Twelve, p.123
We have seen that we were prodded by unreasonable fears or anxieties into making a life business of winning fame, money, and what we thought was leadership.


34.
  ... seen the childishness of it.  BB The Family Afterward, p.130
Those of us who have spent much time in the world of spiritual make-believe have eventually seen the childishness of it.


35.
  ... seen the most impossible domestic situations righted; ...  BB Bill's Story, p.15
I have seen hundreds of families set their feet in the path that really goes somewhere; have seen the most impossible domestic situations righted; feuds and bitterness of all sorts wiped out.


36.
  ... seen the truth demonstrated again and again: ...  BB More About Alcoholism, p.33
We have seen the truth demonstrated again and again: "Once an alcoholic, always an alcoholic."


37.
  ... seen -- we send them an honest letter.  BB Into Action, p.83
Some people cannot be seen -- we send them an honest letter.


38.
  ... seen, when he commenced to rely upon ...  12&12 Step Three, p.39
He made a beginning, we have seen, when he commenced to rely upon A.A. for the solution of his alcohol problem.


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